Police officer may face lawsuit for assault

Brian Mourillon seen bleeding and holding his head right after the incident

Police officer Pelham Jno Baptiste may face criminal and civil charges by three citizens who claim that they were assaulted and battered by him.

Twenty-two year old Brian Mourillon, Roy Massicot and Gregory Massicot of Vieille Case claim that a police officer assaulted them during the staging of the third Digicel Test Match at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium and they are seeking legal redress.

Part of that unfortunate incident was inadvertently caught on camera by Sat Telecoms who was on the scene.

The defendants were arrested and charged on April 26th, 2012 for offences including assault, battery and abusive language.

The incident allegedly started at the Adam Sanford Stand when one of the defendants, Gregory Massicot was asked to “lean off” the railing and find a seat.

The defendant claims that he did adhere to the request by the officer; however the officer subsequently returned and was minded to arrest him.

His relative, Roy Massicot sought to inquire from the police as to the reason for issuing that arrest but was then accosted by him who claimed that Roy was obstructing him from executing his duties and “forcefully” removed from the stadium.

Eye witness reports indicate that the men were heard arguing with the police after they were asked to be quiet several times.

Brian Mourillon who can be seen receiving a blow to his head by the police officer in the three minute video was charged with assault, resisting arrest, obstruction and threats which he pleaded not guilty to when they appeared before Magistrate Candia Carette-George on May 10th, 2012.

Roy Massicot was pleaded not guilty to obstruction of police while in the execution of his duties, assault and battery while Gregory Massicot pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest, escape from lawful custody, assault on police and abusive language.

The matter has been adjourned to 14th August, 2012.

Meanwhile, one of Brain Mourillon’s relative who brought a copy of the video to Dominica Vibes News expressed outrage over the incident.

“Watch that video and tell me if you see Brian assaulting or threatening anybody” she asked.

The police have declined to comment on the matter as they claim it is “under investigation”.

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69 thoughts on “Police officer may face lawsuit for assault”

All those people dat have sayin allu was dur, allu wuda seen exactly what happened. Allu talkin too much for no reason. Allu doe see di ck drummer boy wanted stripes? Mister had no reason to hit di boy. First of all, brian didn’t assault him. Nor did gregory and roy! Allu too fast! A simple question “what u arresting di man for?” Simple thing so pellam feeling offended for?! I mean come on, allu know better than dat! Smh. Secondly, see what di baton do brian. Imagine what it could do to that innocent 6 month old baby! Allu doe see it could hit her?! Ah?! & that is exactly why she hold di baton! Allu too like to jump to conclusions! Allu actin as if allu can judge based on what allu think allu saw. Get allu damn facts and come again! Doe piss me off! Yeah, justice must be served! Pellam jnobaptiste will pay! LAWSUIT!

I saw it all you pig you will pay 4 what you did too my cousin. You dog I will make pay and that police that push me with his baton in my stomach for checking on my cousin will pay for what he did to me

I was there on duty for the cricket and is me that those men atsrt to curse. I call a police officer Paul, they curse him and they did not unblock the area where peopel nopt suppose to stand. We beg them they keep cursing us. The police and me went to get the coporal and he came and talk to the men. They give him a hard time. One of them whowas already in hisseat and who we never spokle to put his hand in the corporal face and start to curse him. The corporal warn mim and walk away and get tqwo little boys who were on the railings. Everybody else go to their seat. The guy that got hit came back and block the area where people trying to pass and the corporal talk to him and was turngint o go whenn this man in his seat stand up bend over the railing by the steps and push his hand in the corporal face and curse him. The corporal come back to arrest him and he start to fight with the corporal in the seats. His friends help him, the girl by him hold the coporal stick and one of the other men hold the corporal foot in the seats. When the cororal got help to get the first man out of the seats the others follow and start to push the corporal in the step area and pull their friend from the corporal and he run. The Corporal run after him and he run up the stand and into the crowd. The corporal came back and start to arrest the others one by one and the one with the white cover on his head start to resist the corporal and so he got hit. The corporal kept warning them all the time and he beg them to behave their selve in the seats and they kept saying is their f…. stadium and they not f….. seating down they paid their money if we dont know where they from and start to say many things that I cannot put here. I watch the video and the video not showing all that so where is the rest of the video/ How come is only that the video showing. What about when the corproal was being pushed and they was pulling the man from him and the little guy who send something at the corproal and the police in green ruin after him what about that. I hear he is a fire officer all in the seats he was involved in the problem and I dont understand how people want to say the corproal pelam is wrong when they did not see how it start and SAT did not show everything. I al;ready give my staement and I will be at court on the police side because I know everything that happened I was on duty there I saw I was one who they disrespected because they say they from the Prime Minster village. There was other police therer who did nothing and thats why these men did all that, we asked them to help us the cadettes and they never came sowe went for Corrpoal pellam wjho was the onlt corporal passing around the stadium and assisting us and encouraging us and teaching us what to do. He was the only corporal who was supervising us. He work hard and he was everywhere in the stadium. I am a young cadette and I saw all that happen and those men are all wrong for what they did. The corporal take plenty abuse before he did what he did but it seem that SAT did not record those things. That is not fair.

Doh worry none of this won’t stand in court. They are thugs and thugs should be treated just like that! Only on their head I would them. See how he started to behave after the blow? Yeah knock their behinds out.

what u really saying na.wonder if u know whats a thug.and yall speak of human rights n thats a statement u make.smh.im a rastaman but dnt stand for bullshite.i wont stand for a police doing people such things nor for civilians to disrespect officers.their job is to uphold d law n nt break it by physically abuseing people.We cant change the world unless we change ourselves.

This is really sad, really sad. How easy we can condemn without knowing whatactually happened, beacuse all of you claiming that Pelam is wrong have no idea what you all talking about. If ONLY, if ONLY, SAT was fair and presented the entire video then all of you would shut up. Even in this little piece of the entire thing Brian is rwesisiting arrest. After all what he and his friends do to the officer in the stands is only that time alobne the officer got aggresssive but you all think that Pelam is wrong. Well I invite you to look further down in the video when a little man with a blue Polo Shirt threw and object at pelam and then another police in green ran after him and you can see him fighting with that police man too and two prison officers asking him to cool down. well dont you alll have a comment on thaty part of the piece of video?? I guess NOT> tHIS LITTLE MAN IS A FIRE OFFICER AND HE TOO WAS IN THE GANG THAT ASSUALTED PELAM INSIDE OF THE STADIUM IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE THOUSANDS WHO SAT ION THAT STAND, INCLUDING YOURS TRULY. Thia is also uinfair for this Media House to show this video as if it is conclusive it is NOT. BRIAN FAMILY HAS NO IDEA WHAT BRIAN DID INSIDE THE STADIUM AND IF THEY DID THEY WOULD HAVE ASKED HIMN TO GO SAY TYHAT HE IS SORRY AND BEG FOR A BREAK BECAUSE WHEN THE ENTIRE VIDOE REACHES THE COURT THEN SHE OR HE WILL HAVE LOTS OF TEARS IN HIS OR HER EYES.

People I sat there and watched a Police Officer display a high level of tolerance and at one point when Gregory the aggressor assualted him the first time pelam actually walked away after warning himn the first tim. Gregory was never.NEVER. hanging over a railing NEVER, thats one of the fat lies in this story. Gregory was seating by his girlfriend Hildreth Royer who also held Pelam Baton, anotther one who shoud have been arrested but for the child she was holding on her arms.It was Brian who was acting up in the stand with Roy and others. YES I KNOW THEM WELL I AM FROM THE NOPRTH AND I TOO VOTED LABOR, but I do not go about disrespecting the police bcause I am close to the PM.

i WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT no law suit can suceed against this officer becuase he NEVER started this and he was called by other police officers to asist them thats how unruly these guys were in the stands. I was embarassed as I also know them well. Pelam be strong and I underatand that you are a very form and intleligent police officer so just be cool the Court day will come when all will shut their mouths. FINALLY IT WAS NOT A FAMILY MEMBER WHO BROUGHT THE LITTLE PIECE OF ONE SIDED VIDEO TO THIS MEDIA HOUSE IT WAS THEIR LAWYER ALICK LAWRENCE, YES I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. PELAM YOU ARE A REAL POLICE MAN AND YOU TOOK ALL THAT ABUSE AND WHEN YOU SHOW THAT YOU CAN HANDLE YOURSELF PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU WERE WRONG BECUASE ALL SAT SHOWING IS THE END OF THE INCIDENT. BUT I SAW EVERYTHING. I now know where to contact you Pelam , fear NOT, three of us will contact you and give you a statement. WE SAW EVERYTHING. ALL THEY WILL SAY IS I NOT LABOR. THIS WILLNOT HAPPEN TO A TRUE POLICE OFFICER WHO DISPLAYED A HIGH LEVEL OF TOLERANCE,. I BELIEVE THAT YOU TOOK TOO LONG TO START USING FORCE. YES GREGORY YOU KNOW WHO I AM YOU SAW ME SITTINF CLOSE TO YOU ALL AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL DID GO ON LET ME SEE YOU ALL SUIT. WHAT A JOKE.A true Dominican.

Pellam is a man from Salisbury, and he is a man that will talk to a person for ever and he does not get angry in a hurry. They call him a counsellor. Now, I live in New York, I am from Bawie too, Pellam father is American, for those of you who do not know. His name is all up in the Bronx, PELLAM PARKWAY. so when you making your threats be careful what you say because Pellam is a man who can handle the jungle. I believe it would be your last day on earth when you attack Pellam. You dont want to know the army of friends Pellam has in the USA, EVERYWHERE WHO WOULD STAND WITH HIM. SO WATCH YOUR IGNORANCE. aRE YOU AWARE THAST YOU ARE THREATENING A POLICE OFFICER AND YOU CAN BE FOUND FOOL!!! That is a war you and your gons would never win. That is why Pellam talks alot, to get you to understand where you going wrong. I grew up with him,. He arrest me already. He does not just hit people, he would never just hit that man. Something happen before the time that vidoe was recorded. We need to know what happen inside the stadium. Pellam will come to New York and anywhere else on this earth and your threats would just be words you typed in hidding behind your computer screen. I feel sad for people like you. You knew himinWCK have you ever heard that about him? NO. You knew him in WCK did you see him as that kind og man? no! You knew him in WCK have you seen anyone in any US State attack or disrespect him all those years? NO! You knew him in WCK did you ever hear any WCK fan or other man say Pellam is a violent person or he beat up man in cells or anything, NO! So tell us why would you want to attack that man? You saw a video have you heard pellam/s side of the story? NO! Are you saying, Pellam, a man who does not drink alcohol, at all, a man who teaches our youth since he was a youth himself and suddenly he is a monster? My friend Pellam is a police officer who worked in his village and would do his work no matter who the person is, so we need to cool off and wait for the day when the entire Video is available to us or the day in court then we will ask for justice and pebnalties for anuyone who the court finds was wrong ok. KEEP YOUR THREATS TO YOURSELF AD DONT START SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT FINISH OR WIN. I will stand and fight with my boy any day and many brothers will, so stop this threats! BAWIE MAN IN NEW YORK.

i an i see this video and i was siting in the same area and this video show wat the police guy do but it aint sho notin them other guys do in the cricket place iya. dem man dem was really abusive to the cops and dem for real and i come down DA to see the game and ting but i see abuse to polcie and this police take alot of pushing in the seats and a lady even get involve and them guys follow the man dem to the outside and i guess thats the only ting that is on the video the outside incident but we got to be fair as a people find out wha happen inside and then tie it all up to give a fair view. dem man dem wrong and i man wish i was still in da to give my view to the chief of police. the police i dont know this man tal but he was cool until outside so we cant ask for him to be fired we hav fe investigate the whole seen cause i man see them guys behave really bad and ting. peace my people. rastayout chalotte amalie

This is police brutality i dont care what ever u have to say about thoes stupid retared mental Police Dogs you all have in dominica, if y want to see police come to the NY or Canada and you will see police officer, not what dominica has saying they are police, some of them a theifts, criminal, some of their relative already kill people in dominica , some just went to high school and dont even have a university degree to show, police is the easiest job in dominica for some get, so the have no skills nor exprience and un proffessional to deal with the public. this Police should be send to prison for his action, just because he has a uniform he can abuse people like that , ti’s to plain to see what happen i saw everything, he knee the guy under his stomah and then hit him with the baton on his head any way the vido tell for it self, why that police did not atact that guy when is is off duty, all i have too say Domincan dont gorgette any thing bamby go tell

the officer have no right to hit the young man in his head with that force. that young man is very lucky he did not hit him on a certain part of his head because the officer could have kill the man. i think he needs to be suspended and definitely need to get some anger management.

SO WE ALREADY GIVE A VERDICT IN THE MATTER WELL HERE IS MY TWO CENTS. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT START WHERE SAT RECORDED IT. THE OFFICER IN QUESTION IS ONE OF THE MOSTRESPECTED, TOLERANT POLIC EOFFICER IN DOMINICA AND I CAN STAND ANYWHERE AND SAY SO. I WITNESSED EVERYTHING. IT STARTED INSIDE OF THE STADIUM WHERE ALL THE YOUNG MEN ASSUALTED THE OFFICER, RESITED THE OPFFICER AND HE WAS EXTREMELY TOLERANT WARNING THEM WHILE BEGGING THE GREGORY GUY TO COME ALONG AS HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING THE OFFICER. THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY WHO I LEASNT IS GREGORY GIRLFRIEND AND SHE HAD A BABY ON HER SHOULDER AND SHE GRABBED THE POLICER OFFICER BATON IN RTHE SEATS WHERE THE INCIDENT STARTED. THIS POLICE OFFICER IS NOT IN NEED OF ANGER MANAGEMENT CAUSE I KNOW HIM AND I SAW EVERYTHING. SAT NEED TO GET THE OTHER PART OF THE RECORDING TO SHOW A COMPLETE VIDEO NOT THIS PIECE WHERE THE OFFICR HAS HAD ENOUGH OF THE RESISTING BY THESE YOUNG MEN WHO ABUSED JUNIOR OFFICERS UNTIL THEY HAD TO GO GET THAT CORPORAL WHO WALKED AWAY THE FIRST TIME THE GREGORY GUY ASSAULTED HIM. GREGORY WAS NEVER ON THE RAILING IT WAS BRIAN WHO WAS BLOCKING PEOPLE FROM GETTING TO THEIR SEATS. GRGOERY WAS BEGEGD TO COMPLY BY A PLAIN CLOTHES POLICE OFFICER, DYNO, HE IS CALLED AND THEN GREGORY FRIENDS FOLLOWED THE OFFICER IN THE STIRWAY AND GREGORY ESCAPED FROM THE POLCIE BECUASSE HIS THREE FRIENDS OBSTRUCTED THE OFFICER. LATER INT HE VIDOE WE SEE ANOTHER POLICE HANDLING ANOTHER YOUNG MAN, HE IS A FIRE OFFICER FRIENDS OF THE OTHERS AND HE BURST AN OBJECT IN CORPORAL PELLAM FEET THATS WHY HE WAS HANDLED THAT WAY . GO GET THE FACTS THAN GIVE THE NEWS ITEM AGAIN BIAS PEOPLE. TELL SAT TO GET THE REST OF THE INCIDENT AND THEN SHOW THE BEGINING THEN YOU ALL WOULD SEE THE AMOUNT OF PATIECNE THAT THIS OFFICER HAS AND I BELIEVE HE DESERVES AN AWARD BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT OTHER OFFICERS WERE AFRAID TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE THESE PEEOPL ARE FROM VEIELLE CASE AND CLOSE TO THE PM. WELL DONE CPL PELLAM IT SSHOWS THAT IT STILL HAS POLICE IN DOMINICA, YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. I WILL CONTACT YOU TO GIVE YOU A STATEMENT I KNOW WHERE YOU WORK NOW. TJIS PIECE OF NEWS IS SO WRONG THERE ARE NO FACTS IN THIS PIECE OF NEWS SHAME ON YOU DA VIBES. WHEN PELLAM HAD ENOUGH NIONSENSE AND HE SHOWED THAT HE COULD HANDLE HIMSELF NOW EVERYBODY CRYING LAW SUIT. SEE HOW LONG THE POLICE TOOK TO USE THAT BATON FROM THE STEPS AFTER ALL THE ABUSE HE SUFFERED. I AM DOMINICA ARE YOU. PELLAM IS A REAL POLICE OFFICER. SEE HOW EASY BRIAN WALKED WHEN HE GET THE BLOW ALL THE TIMNE HE WAS RESITING ARREST. BE FAIR DOMINICANS. I WAS SEATING INT HE STASND RIGHT ABOVE THE IONCIDENT AND I FOLLOWED OUTSIDE THIS POLICE OFFICER BEGGED THESE GUYS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES PROPEORLY AND WHEN HE ARRESTED GREOGORY HE BEGAN TO FIGHT. I COULD NOT EXERCISE SO MUCH PATIENCE. STOP HATING ON A POLICE OFICER YOU ALL DO NOT KNOW AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HE IS NO SILLY OFFICER SO I WISH YOU ALL WELL IN THE LAW SUIT. DOMINICAN FROM THE HEART.

stupes2012 you don’t make no sense. first of all why did she grab the baton eh, and how can you escape the hands of so much police that was there when you have been arrested as you claim that GREOGORY did…you was there yes but its a twist to what happen there and you know it….justice will be served don’t you hurt your head…i was there too and saw what happen so know what you saying

policeman all i can say there was NO need for the beating on the young man i did not see him lift a finger on you if i did see that then i could say u had the right but there was none so u need to be charged and i hope that DPP and chief of police deal with u just like they would do to ordinary citizens.

This video proves nothing of police brutality and is not useful in court. The case on excessive force is debatable.The young man could have been making threats and none of us know. In addition, what is an officer to do when he has asked an offender to follow some instructions, such as, come or walk or behave etc… and such simple commands are totally ignored and met with aggression, should the officer stay there and draw a crowd by begging the offender to follow an order ? does the officer have to wait for the person to run-away or try to escape before he assures his authority ? Doesn’t his uniform and his cell phone prove that ? lol
we could learn a thing or two from white ppl, OBEY. If you watch the video at 1:03, the action of the guy in the blue shirt, who later gets arrested, suggests an attack or aggression of some sort.

The Police isn’t God, so they aren’t always right, but most cases such as these offenders provoke them,which is no case for abuse of power but sometimes we do cause them to use force due to dis-obedience.

NOT IN HIS HEAD….TOO MANY BODY PARTS FOR D POLICE TO CHOOSE D MAN HEAD…AND BY THE LOOKS OF IT HE WOULD HAVE CONTINUED HITTING ON THE GUY HAD THE POLICE IN GREEN SHUT HIS MOUTH…THEY YET TO USE HAND CUFFS IF THEY CLAIM THE FELLA TO BE VIOLENT…HEY LIKE I SAID RIDICULOUS….ALL DAT WASNT CALLED FOR

man oh man i cant believe it.i was at the park and witness the incident when it began.there is no
need for all that brutality on the men.The police could have handled that more peaceably.I almost got myself involved in a confrontation with the police that day but i was able to control my emotions.These guys are agressive,arrogant and want to talk down to people.the first day tickets went on sale i saw an inspector from portsmouth handle a poor innocent lady friend of mine for no reason he and one from portsmouth who used to work geest .well we are now becoming a police state…so civilian beware of the police…..i warn you..i know!!!!!

I am sorry but is it me or we are looking at something different
the police abused his post
the officer didn’t have to crack the mans head open
come on peoples they are suppose to work for us not against us
what kind of madness is this
to protect and serve the peoples not to abuse them
the man didn’t resist arrest and certainly didn’t deserve the head cracker
After seeing that,how are we going help to fight or solve crime as we are seeing they are the offenders or our society.
In order parts of the Caribbean that officer would have gone missing (go try that in Jamaica) and you will see ,you might feed the fishes

Arrested for abusive language wow really. How was he obstructing and he was not near the arrest. Thug or not he didnt do anything to deserve to be abused and that what it was police brutality. What happen to freedom of speech. How can you be arrested for not being quite in a public setting.

Pelam you’re my relative , but you’re dead wrong for this !!! This Video tells a lot , while there’s no voice to the video , the actions tells a thousand words . Did you just get carried away by the massive crowd ? That you got so abusive ,, you need some serious punishment !! Will it happen , not so sure cause with your political party in power things might go your way . Looking at this is just so sad !!

YOU ARE HIS FAMILY? AND HE IS GUILTY? WELL MS SCOTLAND IF YOU HAD ANY INTELLIGENCE YOU WOULD RECOGNISE THAT THE INCIDENT DID NOT START WHERE IT ENDED. SHAME ON YOU. IF YOU KNEW PELLAM AT ALL YOU WOULD KNOW THAT HE WOULD NEVER SIMPLY BEAT ON ANYONE, YOU CANNOT BE HIS RELATIVE CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW THE PELLAM WE KNOW IN OUR DISTRICT. THE VIDOE IS THE END OF A LONG INCIDENT THAT STARTED IN THE SETING AREA OF THE STADIUM,. TELL SAT GET THET AND PUT THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER SO WE ALL CAN SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. THIS IS PIECE OF TAPE JUST A PIECE.

He certainly did not attack the officer but he was resisting arrest. If he had followed the officers orders this would not have happened. It’s rather unfortunate but they have a very weak case. The office did what he had to do execute the arrest. This is good policing as far as i see. The lesson is that we must obey the law at all times. The question is does one have he right to argue with an officer when placed under arrest?

it was 2 other officer that could have help him arrest the man. you most be a police. just because a officer tell you come that dont mean u have to come he not god. He need a reason and telling me shut up and i still talking not good enough.

I am sorry but is it me or we are looking at something different
the police abused his post
the officer didn’t have to crack the mans head open
come on peoples they are suppose to work for us not against us
what kind of madness is this
to protect and serve the peoples not to abuse them
the man didn’t resist arrest and certainly didn’t deserve the head cracker
After seeing that,how are we going help to fight or solve crime as we are seeing they are the offenders or our society.

DATS JUST RIDICULOUS…THE OFFICER KNEE D MAN IN HIS CHEST OR STOMACH AND STILL HIT HIM IN HIS HEAD WITHOUT D GUY BEING BRUTAL….TALK IS TALK AND DATS EXACTLY WAT THE FELLA WAS DOING…NO VIOLENCE TOWARD D POLICE SEEN…SO HOW CAN U SAY IS POLICE DOING THEIR WORK….DESPITE WHO A PERSON IS OR U JUDGE THEM TO B ….SATAN CANNOT CORRECT SIN…IF HE HAD JUST ARREST D GUY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENUFF AND JUST WRITE UP HIS CHARGES….BY THE WAY DONT OFFICERS HERE READ PPL THEIR RIGHTS? THE OFFICER WAS WRONG END OF STORY…NOBODY IS CONDONING THE FELLA RUDE MOUTH BUT THIS IS NOT D WAY!!

HE HAD ALREADY DONE THE VIOLENCE INSIDE OF THE STADIUM WHEN HIS FRIEND WAS ARRESTED AND ESCAPED THE POLICE CISTODY THEN THE POLICE CAME BACK TO ARREST HIM AND YOU CAN SEE HIS REACTION THIS IS RESISTING ARREST AND THE POLICE BEGGING HIM TO COOPERATE UINTIL HE HAD ENOUGH. SEE HOW LONG IT TOOK THE OFFICER TO USE THE BATON, THE KNEE DID NOT WORK SO HE RESORT TO USING THE BATON THEN THE GUY WALKED PAECEFULLY THATS WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE ALL ALONG.

i hope that justice is served cause that same police already beat up my cousins and his friends . and he also assulted me by screaming at me and trying to slap me arcross my face and nothing was done instead he got away with it

Well that officer need anger management and proper training…Its a match you expect that from a crowd- noise anyways…Hope the law punish him, and who know if the guys didn’t swear abusive language at him…I know how some people like to curse for every little thing…They better pay them compensation for their injuries…

You in trouble Mr. officer. nothing here shows an assault. we often abuse our powers, without the realization that we will be found out. I a very much a part of the legal system, but against police brutality. The video speaks for itself and will be tendered as evidence. The young man has a defense.

A thug wannabee inciting and aggravating a law officer. Playing bad man so take what you get!

Police officer used excessive force (only the blow on the wannabee thug’s head) and should be suspended for sometime. The Police of Dominica should also pay the wannabe thug’s hospital bill but the thug should still be punished by law for whatever e was arrested for.

Too many times black people continue to support those thugs instead of asking them to respect the law. The police tell you come what you showing off for infront of a mob of people? It good for them.

It is obvious that the young man is protesting his arrest, but certainly, nothing here amounts to an assault on the officer. The force used by the officer is not consistent with the protest being put up by the young man. As such the DPP will advice that he the officer be charged with WOUNDING and other offenses under the Offenses Against the Person Act. And yes, the family will sue afterwards. The matter could have been dealt with in a far more professional manner.

I never said anything about the thug assualting the officer. The thug is infact resisting arrest by jerking back and arguing with the police whilst the officer is trying to get him out of the mob of people around them. In a situation like this the police oficer could argue that there were people gathering and he was taking this idiot away without HANDCUFFS so he had to use necessary force beause that idiot wasn’t complying. If you’re complying the police ask you to move and walk you do just that. No back talk, jerking, lifting up your hands, arguing etc etc. That thug was resisting arrest. So you can play lawyer all you want. I’m not a police and trust me I got very little love for them. BUt if one arrest me on the account of what I was doing I would shut my mouth and walk like a human being not an animal. When I reach in court that’s when I arguing with the other lawyer and the judge. So no I really don’t think there’s a case besides the police force paying dudes stitches! lololololol

ROBIN, are you a police officer? You sound like one to me. The question of whether I am a lawyer, police officer or learned criminal is a non-issue here. We are speaking of injustices. The case here speaks of brutality, which I am very much against.

During training, police officers are cursed left, right and center and told so many nasty things about their mama, so as to have them prepared for situations such as this when they would have passed out from training school. They are also taught to properly access and professionally handle situations such as this?

Let us be clear here. The young man is indeed resisting by action and demeanor. He may have also probably yelled out a few profanities, your moda dis and dat, but where is the assault on the officer? Is the officer going to justify such charge by claiming that the young man’s finger touched his shirt whilst he flung his hands about the place?

The amount of force used is not consistent with the level of resistance being put up by the young man. So you can be a stuge biased if you please. Plain and simply put, the police got carried away and landed a blow too many. Through means of using unnecessary force, the officer inflicted with his baton, a laceration to the young man’s head, whereby his entire skin would have been broken. It can later amount to a charge of WOUNDING being preferred against that officer.

It is however a matter for the DPP to look into and for the court to make a final decision. If it is deemed by the courts that the police would have used unnecessary force whilst executing his duties, this could spell trouble by putting a dent into the police officer’s case against this particular defendant and the entire matter being could end up thrown out as a result.

The defendant can then proceed with his case and demand that the officer in question is arrested and charged with the offense of WOUNDING, an Information thereafter filed in the courts and the officer may very well end up being tried indictably.

Some question the admissibility or inadmissibility of the tape in question, which the defense can rightfully make submissions against it being accepted and tendered as evidence, but that means nothing really, as the question of admissibility is a matter upon which only Bench can decide. The magistrate or judge can either allow or deny such an objection.

Being unbiased as it is supposed to be, the court should then rule after seeing and hearing the evidence, that the police officer would have exercised excessive force and be convicted on the charge of Wounding.

Praise God for phones with Camera, cuz them wicked babylon would be saying they were assaulted by civilians. You see how they like to take advantage of their position. That Pellam like to beat up people but time will tell.

HAS HE EVER BEATEN YOU UP? OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF YOURS?
DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE POLICE OFFICER AT ALL. ITS EASY TO WATCH A PIECE OF TASPE AND SJHOUT BRUTALITY, BUT YOU ALL NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER PIECE OF TAPE SAT DID NOT PLAY THE FIRST PIECE THAT I WITNESSED.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE VIDEO ADMITTED I COURT AND IF I WAS THE PROSECUTION I WOULD NOT OBJECT BUT ONCE THEY CAN BRING THE ENTIRE VIDEO WHICH THEY WILL NOT CAUSE IOT WILL SHOW HOW MUCH TOLERANCE THIS OFFICER HAD FROM INSIDE THE STADIUM WHERE THIS THING STARTED. I WILL BE HERE TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS WILL TYPE I WILL BE HERE TO READ YOUR COMMENTS WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO VIEW THE FIRST HALF OF THE EPISODE.

All this police officer’s wages for the next 20 years should be garnered and be paid to this man. First, One cannot hit another on the head to subdue them. That blow cud have caused a brain trauma, which makes it a malicious and deliberate battery incident; I’d even say attempted murder (exaggerated, I Know…LOL). But consider the fact that the man was already in custody, and while he protested arrest was not evading or actively trying to elude capture. Some (cuz I have police officer friends too) Police officers just perpetuate organized thuggery!

some of those police they have no heart at al at all..what? i was wondering if i see right. if another police had done it to their family and he had no idea they were related watch what would happen. expecially if that officer have cacarat surname. boy jah go crail all u.

I was at the scene.The officer who battered the young man is Pelam Jno Baptiste from salisbury.His badge number is 136.The police force needs to be cleaned of characters like this.This thing happens too often.